Dough cutter and crimper



Feb. 13, 1945. H; A E 2,369,452

DOUGH CUTTER AND CRIMPER Filed Dec. 1. 1943 \MIMIHMIW 1 INVENTOR.

)Yamer 62 ac-kg.

ATTORNEY.

Patented Feb. 13, 1945 mouemourrmm AmromMP-mt Homer Gamache,I Newark, NHL, assig'nm'rto. Acme FfiEi sc her;and-HarryEfFiStEher Application Daeember 1, mal-semi nb. 1512;462 teams. (011137- 491) f. firth-is inuentionlrelates "to improvements tin eulinary stools, -,and the invention. has reference,

more particularly, toea novel -lconstruction of dough, cutting and {crimping tool if or knitchenuse. n'I'he :inuention thas .ior ian obj ect .to provide a novelnoiistruetion offldough putting and mimping tool so designed that it maybe quickly and easily arranged -,to "out doughioptionally .into

either oomparatiyelylnarrow or lcomparatively broad strip or arranged :to rsemzelas a pie or p'astry'trimme'r and crimpen. n i

.The invention .has .'for another object to pro- Qizide ;a culinary tool comprising a cutting and crimper hadrotatably mounted. on a supporting end manipulatmghandle member, Iltogether a detachable cooperating mutter member which may be variously spaced -melatme to y the cutting element ofqthe outtingand crimperlhead, where- .by toadapt the tool jforhoptionally bilttingdouh .intoleithertcomparatively narrow strips lortcomparatiuely broad strips.

.Qthenobiects of ithisinvention, not at thistinie more particularly em1merated,\wil1 {be .understood ,from the following detailed -description oi the same. y

Andllustrative embodimentof this invention is shownlin ,the accompanying drawing, in which Fig. .l islaisideelevational view of the tool; Eig. 2is1a plan view of the tool ,asiarranged for cutting dough :into "comp aratively ..narrow strips;

Fig. .3 -.is ta .fragmentaliy plan viewwof .the tool Les-arranged lfor outtingldoughinto comparatively broad strips; .Fig. 4 .is a iiragmentary plan of the tool .as arranged for itrimming "and crimping pie crust; Rig, bis a .sidelelevationalwiew of the .tool as r arranged in fig .4; and -Fiigwfilis a ,iragmentary sectional View of the tool, Ltaken onn line'fi -fil-inl iguL .l Similar characters of reference ,are employed in zthe above described lvie ws, r130 indicate cor! responding l parts.

The illustrative form of the ;toolj, as n-shown in said Ldrawing, :comprises .a butting land head formed iaacimular QlLllQIAQiSR A and an axial crimper barrel of reduced diameter projecting inwardly therefrom. Said cutter disk comprises an outwardly dished central portion l adapted to provide an internal seat ll bounded by an annular shoulder l2 from which extends the circular cutting blade portion l3. Said cutting blade portion I3 is preferably inwardly inclined or flared toward the cutting edge l4 thereill of, whereby, together with the dished portion ID, to stiffen the same against accidental distortion. The crimperbarrel is formed by a longistutlmal'lyitluted bedy :15:1;aperingsomewhatfrom (its toward its r-z tree cend. Preferably said body :15 rnomprises :azmetallic iShEl'l closed by "an :endiwall lfilat itszfree end. lll'he'lbaseliend [of :said zonmper :harrel is .sseatedizinth'e tseat til of :the nutter :disk A, randwwithin :the :nonfinesof the shoulder :12 =bounding .said=seat, :being lthllS idisposediconcentricwtoEthemutting dolade portion 2L3 of the cutter disk, whereby :the .*.latter :extends anound-zthe-base of ;said crimperlbarrel so ;:as to protect therefrom. Extending axially through the ;cutter {disk and tcrimper barrel is BflitlIb'tllM hub, member it! of a length adaptedwtotprovideia streerextension I8 rextendingrsubstantially rbeyend thelend lwalhlfi of said-crirnperdoarrel. Saidnoutten-disk, ncrimper :barrel and hub member may be aifixed together, in the described assembled relationg-intany suitablelwayuasme. geybyasoldervingsnne mart toanother, or clay suitable mechaniealsfaasteningxmeans. l

iBroyided ifor lemmeration ithe routterlcdisk A ise seeondzcutiier disk-3B. rsaidinutter idiskzB com-prises .an ziGlitWflldlY dished central portion iflzom which vzextend the :circular .:cutting :blade ortion I 2.0, ith-e latter being preterablyiinwardly inclined or :fiared rt'owarrl :the cutting edge .21

thereof, =-al'-l whereby the cutter disk is stiffened against accidental distortion. Extending "axially through said second cutter disk B is a. tubular member 22" having internal diameter sized to =sl idably engage F-the same over the eitcuttingand crimper head is provided. Saidhub mem beI- ZZ is *of "a total "length -approximatin'g the length of thetextensionflll-of thehub member that the cutting --and crimper head, and i s0 r latedtto the-second cutter disk B asto'provide amelior "eXtension"23 extending substantially beyon'd"one race, "e. g., the external "face of said cutterdisklB.

V 'The cutting and mmfper eme is rotatably supported .by anddn connection with a handle member. tsaidfhandle member comprisesga gen"; erally +Sl p d fo m tion m dh spr n l thus =proiiiding a ,pair lof laterally spaced" leg portions, joined by. aloop lendportionfi. The free extremitiesgnn eaohileg portionnare formed to provide in 'turned journal elements 26. "To

stiffen the leg portions 24 against lateral bending, portions thereof intermediate the loop end portion 25 and the journal elements 26 may be flattened in horizontal plane, as at 21. The loop end portion 25 is also flattened in horizontal plane, and its outer marginal D O is t d i to provide a succession of sharpened pricking teeth 28 therealong.

To mount 'the cutting and crimper structure on the handle member, the leg portions 24 of the latter are spread to allow the hub member l1-|8 to be positioned and aligned between the journal elements 26 of the handle member,

whereupon the spread leg portions 24 are released to allow said journal elements 26 to respectively enter the opposite ends of the bore of said hub member l1|8, so as to rotatably support the cutting and crimper structure on the handle member.

When it is desired to use the tool for the purpose of cutting dough into comparatively narrow strips, such as required, e. g., for the making of noodles, the hub member 22 of the second cutter disk B is telescopically mounted on the extension [8 of the hub-member H with the major extension 23 of the former outward, thus positioning said second cutter disk B closely adjacent to the free end of the crimper head, and in comparatively closely spaced relation to the cutter disk A' (see Figs. 2 and 6).. The cutter disks A and B being parallelly spaced and free to rotate, their cutting edges may be applied to a sheet of dough desired to becut, and rolled along and through the same, thus cutting the dough into comparatively narrow strips.

When it is desired to use the tool for the purpose of cutting dough into comparatively broad strips,-such as required, e. g., for the making of criss-cross top crusts for pies and similar pastry, the cutting and crimper structure is dismounted from the handle member, and the second cutter disk B is reversed and its hub member 22 telescopically mounted on the extension l8 of the hub member I! with the major extension 23 of the former inward, so as to abut the closed end l6 of the crimper head l5, thus positioning said second cutter disk B in outwardly offset relation to said crimper head, and in comparatively widely spaced relation to the cutter disk A, when the thus assembled structure is again mou ted on the handle member (see Fig. 3). By rolling the thus arranged tool along and through a sheet of dough, the latter will be cut by the cutter disks into comparatively broad strips.

When it is desired to use the tool for the purpose oftrimming and crimping pie crust, the cutting. and crimper structure is dismounted from the handle member and the second cutter disk B removed, whereupon the cutter disk A and associated crimper barrel I5 is remounted on the handle member (see Figs. 4 and 5). When the tool, as thus arranged, is moved around the edge of the pie plate, the cutter disk A will trim away the surplus dough, while at the same time the crimper head l5, by reason of its fluted periphery, will press together and crimp the marginal portions of the top and bottom dough layers of the pie, so that the same Will unite in the baking to form a sealed edge in the crust of the finished pie. The, inward inclination or flaring of the blade portion l3 of the cutter disk Ahas the fur- The pricking teeth 28 of the handle member loop afford convenient means for piercing the top crust of a pie so as to form desired vent openings therein.

From the above description it will be obvious that a very compact, simple and effective tool is provided by this invention, and one which can easily and quickly be arranged to selectively perform several operations.

I am aware that some changes could be made in the above described constructions without departing from the scope of this invention as defined by the following claims. It is therefore intended that all matter contained in the foregoing description or shown in th accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

I claim:

, 1. A culinary tool for the purposes described comprising a combined cutting and crimper means having a tubular hub member provided with'an extension projecting substantially beyond one side of said cutting and crimper means, a detachable and reversible cutting means having a tubular hub member projecting substantially beyond one side thereof and sized to telescopically engage over the extension of said first mentioned hub member, and handle means having journal elements removably engageable in the ends of said first mentioned hub member to rotatably support the same.

2. A culinary tool for the purposes described comprising a, combined cutting and crimper means having a tubular hub member provided with an extension projecting substantially beyond on side of said cutting and crimper means, a detachable and reversible cutting means having a tubular hub member projecting substantially be yond one side thereof and sized to telescopically engage over the extension of said first mentioned hub member, and a U-shaped handle member, the legs of said handle terminating in in-turned journal elements removably engageable in the ends of said first mentioned hub member to rotatably support the same. I,

3. A culinary tool for the purposes described comprising a circular cutter disk, a fluted crimper head of less diameter axially extending from the inside face of said. cutter disk, a tubular hub member to which said cutter disk and crimper head are afiixed, said hub member having an extension projecting substantially beyond the free end of said crimper head, a second detachable circular cutter disk having a tubularhub member projecting exteriorly beyond one face thereof and sized to telescopically engage over the extension of said first mentioned hub memher, said second hub member being reversibly engageable with said first hub member extension,

7 whereby to variably space said second cutter disk relative to said first cutter disk, and a handle means having journal elements removably engageable in the ends of said first hub member whereby to rotatably support the same.

HOMER GAMACHE. 

